If one delves beneath the surface of today’s technologies, one is likely to find that much of the products, algorithms and developments that are being integrated into our lives have been built inherently with certain biases or prejudices. Founder of dgtlfutures, Matthew Cowen, discusses the role technology has been playing in perpetuating bias.
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Facebook Inc. recently announced that it intends to launch Instagram for kids. Although concerns have been expressed, we briefly explore both side of the debate.
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Many Caribbean countries have implemented free public Wi-Fi programmes, which although laudable, should be one step of many to get people connected to the Internet.
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In 2001, Digicel launched its service in Jamaica, which was also a signal of the change that was beginning to occur in telecoms in the Caribbean. In this article, we look back at some of the ways in which the region’s telecoms landscape has changed in the past 20 years.
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Over the past several months, the demand for faster upload and download speeds have exploded across the Caribbean region. However, more Internet bandwidth means higher rates, which most of us cannot afford.
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